What country should I move to? Find it through the cities you would live in

Much of a country move is decided at country level: income tax, the right to stay, safety, healthcare, English and internet. The quiz scores those for 183 countries, then adds what changes from one city to the next across 915 cities, so your answer names a country and the city in it that suits you.

Tax tier, residency, safety, healthcare, English, political climate and internet speed are country-level figures, so every city in a country shares them. Cost of living starts from a country figure and is scaled for city size. Climate, city size, distance to the coast and terrain are measured for each city.

Those can differ a lot inside one country. China has 170 cities in the quiz, with average yearly temperatures from 5°C to 26°C. A country-only answer would give them all one score.

Each ranked city shows its country, so the countries that keep coming up near the top are your strongest country matches. Cities ruled out because residency looks hard on your passport and budget are grouped by country in a separate list that says why.

Every country also has its own page with the cities we rank there, its tax tier, its residency routes and how hard it is to move there from other countries. These are the countries with the most cities in the quiz:

• China: 170 cities
• United States: 90 cities
• India: 61 cities
• United Kingdom: 23 cities
• Mexico: 20 cities
• Brazil: 16 cities
• Canada: 16 cities
• Indonesia: 15 cities

All 183 are listed on the cities and countries page.

A country only works if you can stay there. The quiz asks which passport you hold and where you live now. Citizens move freely inside blocs such as the EU and EEA with Switzerland, or Australia and New Zealand. Outside those, each country gets an openness rating, and your savings and income bands are compared with the cheapest self-funded routes we track there.

Where a long-term route looks hard, the city's match drops by up to half, and a city below our bar moves to the not-realistic list. Short-stay visa rules are shown per city and do not change the ranking.

For a list by country without taking the quiz, see easiest countries to move to, or the moving abroad guides for one country to another.

Taking the quiz is free, and so is seeing your #1 city. Full results for both of you are a one-time US$12 (€12 in Europe).

The full results rank every city that passes your tax, passport and budget filters, with living costs, climate and residency notes for each city. You pay once, with no subscription.

Which country is easiest to move to? It depends on your passport more than anything else. A citizen of a free-movement bloc, such as the EU, can settle anywhere in it, while the same country can be hard to reach on another passport. The quiz runs this check for your own passport and budget.

Can the quiz tell me which countries I am allowed to move to? It estimates how realistic long-term residency is from your passport, where you live and the savings and income bands you pick, using published residency routes. Treat it as a first filter and confirm the rules with the country's immigration authority.

Does it include the country I live in now? Not at first. Since the quiz asks where to move, cities in your current country are left out of the ranking, with one tap to include them.

How many countries does it cover? 183 countries, through 915 cities. Where a country has no figure for a factor, that factor is scored conservatively and its cities carry a "Limited data" note.